Globe-holder.



".T. E. MARTIN.

GLOBE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11, 1910.

Patented Deo. 6, 1910. 3 sHBBTs-s'HEBT 2.

J. E. MARTIN.

GLOBE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JUNBll, 1910.

977,892. l l Patented Dec. 6, 1910.

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To all whom it mayconccm:

UNiTEDsTA'rEs PATENT OFFICE. y

JOSEP 4IE. MARTIN, 0F KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

' omen-HOLDER.

Application led'June 11, 1910. 'Serial No. 566,294.

Beit known that I, JOSEPH E MART1N,`a citizen yof the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State Y of Missouri, have invented certain p new and useful Improvements in Globe- Holders, of which the following is a 'specie iication. i

This invention relates to globe holders, andmore especially to devices for securing globes to gas 4or electric -light fixtures or brackets, and m 'object is to produce a `sirn- .ple and cheap .evice for attachment-to the globeV receiving collar of a ixture or bracket and the reception ofthe neck of the .globe to` support the same-in a :fixture of the inverted type 4andas an` anchor for the globe if the fixture is of the uprighttype.

Withth-is object inv view-,the invention :consists in certain novel and peculiar :Eea-- :tures of construction andI or anization Aas hereinafter described and l claimed, and` in lorderl that it may be fully`understood" refer-l ence is' to be had to the accompanying drawings,`in. whichv I Figure l, is a side elevation of -a lfixture of the inverted type equipped with a globeo :holder embodying my 1nventi'on,',the collar of the xture being broken 'awayto expose more clearly the relation between the globe and the holder. A Fig. 2, is an inverted plan i view Iofthe collar of the`xture with the Iglobe omitted, and the holder in contracted condition. Fig. 3, is an edge view ofthe collar of the fixture as viewed from ythe front and vshowing the free orV handle ends the saggingof t e holder. Fig. 7 is a simi-` lar' view of a second modification for accomplishing the same purpose; AFig. 8, is'

a sectional'view of the inverted fixture provided with a supplemental collarv equipped with the holder. Fig. 9, is a espective view of the su'p'pleineintit1 colar equipped with the holder.l

In al@ Said @i1-@Wiegel indicates a gas REISQE iixtu-re of ythe inverted type, t e co ar thereof of the usual or any'preferred form, and 3 the globe having the customary con- 'tractedneck 4:' to be encircled by the flange or wall 5 .of the collar, provided at what may fbe termed its rear side, with a short horizontal slot 6, and `at its front side with horizontal slots 7 and 8, the latter being at -opposite'sides of a point diametrically opposite theslot 6.

The'holder is of spring wire bent 'to form a coil :or convolution 9, the central portion of the wire being bent to form an arm 10,l which projects. radially outward from' thek -ooil` and :by preference, is o-f'rectangular `vorisn .as shown in Fig. 2, sothat the rear ends 'of the two-arms 11 and-12 of coil i9 shall loverlap. At the opposite side of the coil from arm -10 said arms 11 and 12 normally overlap for a .considerable dist-ance, n,the preferred construction being to have the front end-of a-rm 1l underlie the corresponding end of -arm 12, it being noticed that at the opposite side of the coil the arm l1 overlies arm 12. The front end of each arm is provided with an outwardly projecting terminal 13.. To' apply-the holder it `is arranged :at a slight-angle and while so held the terminals o arms l1 and 12 are slipped outwardl through slots 7 and 8, respectively, o the collar. The opposite side of the holder isthen vswung upward and slid rearward -to cause arm 10 to project through slot 6. `The holder then occupies the position 'shown most clearly by Fig. 2, that is' to say, the terminals 1 3 bear against the remote ends of the slots 7 and 8, respectively, as shown by Fig. 3.

To secure a globe in-position, the operator grasps'it in one hand and with the otherA hand presses the terminals 13 towardthe in- -ner ends of the slots 7 and 8 and thus expands the coil until it is large enough'to per- Init` the neck end of the globe to be passed through it as such end is fitted in the collar. The said terminals are then released and the holder contracts and snugly embraces in Patented Dec. 6, 1910.

Big. 1.- By having' the opposite ends ,o the oppesitely bowed portions ofy the holder in overlapping relation the glode is held in'a vertice position because the saidv arms of the holder cannot sag under the weight of the globe, this result being more efliciently .attained because the arm which overlaps at one side underlaps at the other. The slots 5 7 and 8 are preferably arranged in different horizontal planes as shown in Fig. 3, tortassist in 'preventing the front ends of the arms of the holder from crossing, as experience has shown theywill frequently do if the slots are ,in the same horizontal plane, and when crossed one arm at the crossing point .f lies inward .of the other and'thus prevents the latterl adjacent to the crossing pointA from coming in contact with the globe and leaves the latter freel to have a 4vibratory movement imperceptible' to the eye but suiicient to causea slight rattling at times. In Figs. 4 and 5, the overlapping arms of `the holder are providedy with angle-shaped 'terminals consisting of radial portionsll corresponding to portions 13 of Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, and forwardly converging p ortions 15, theconverging portions-.being adapted lto 4act as camsupon the' inner ends of the slots 7 and 8, when the portions 14 are pressed together so that b engagementl with the collar at the inner en s of the slots, they shall compel the overlapping ends of the c oil as iteXpands-,to move forwardly, the arm lOfthrough the expansion of the coil moving :radially in a rearward 'direction (see Figi).A When the pressure .is removed the coil retracts tothe position shown in Fig. 4..

In Fig. 6, I show a guide to assist in preventingv thesaggingof the holder, said guide consisting of a bushingl secured inth'e I collarandslidable in the supplemental collar 20, shown in Fi s. 8 and 9, having slots 6, 7 and Sto respectlvel .receive vthe arm 10 and terminals 13 o thev coil, and upwardly projecting 4ears 21,pref` erablyzthree 'in number and provided with openings 22 foi-med by stamplng out of 'said ears the tongues 23, or saidopenings may be otherwise formed.

l collar 2 of thedght fixture,

ings Q2 so disposed as to register with thc threaded bushings through." which the clamping screws 24 said .opei'iings z2 and clamp the collar .20 securely-*within the collar 2.

From the above description it will be npbushing is a pinA 17, provided with an eyelS, encircling the ned'arms of thecoil. In Fig., 7, a.

`lar and' This collarQO. is adaptfed -to be of diameter to be encircled by thel and the open-k areadjusted to enter l parent that I lhave produced-a globe holderl possessing the 'features of advantage Yenumerated as desirable and 'I wish it to be un? derstood that I do not desire to be restricted to the exact details of construction shown and described as obvious modifications willsuggest themselves to one skilled the art. I aving thus .described the inventlon 'what I claim as new and desire `tojsecure by Let ters Patent is 1. The combination with -`a `collar,'ofi-ag holder consisting of a. piece ofresilie'nt ma,

terial bent to form acoilembodying'- over# lapping arms terminating in 'doubled-back terminals extending convergingly outvvai'dff through the collarV at `a suitable/distance" Y apart andadapted when pressed toward'each" other to bear againstthe collar .and be caused thereby to eii'ect'thel expansion o; f`theo'o1l.V

2. The combination with a collar, ofaf4 holder consisting ofa piece of 'resilient ma-,j

terial bent -to form a coil,- embodyingA overl;

lapping arms terminating in doubled-balcl' v terminals ,consisting of inner 'portionsfezt-'- tending convergingly outward 'and'. handle portions at the outer ends of saidinn'er portions; said terminals extending throughrfthe collar at a suitable distancer apart A"and `so arranged that when pressedV towardI 7each1 y." converging o' tions shall bear -againstthe collar and 'e' ectfvv other the said Ioutwardl the expansion of the coil, and'jan arm` pro-f'I at" suitable pointy.' slidingly through the collar, andjadapted'to slide outwardly thereof as"` the coilfiseir'-,

jecting from the coil pande'd. r T 3. The combination with aL'lig'ht'iXture having a collar,

suchend atl a and islobet t atneend- Within'said collar and of less diameter than l f point encircled by thefcollar,

of a holder of` springv material bent tofI-.m-.,

a lcoil and provlded at its-ends with terminais pro'ecting. outwardly through the col-j? etween its ends with arr-arm projecti'ng outwardlyl throughthe collar; and* coil between said terminals for preventing sagginof of the coil.

havinga collar,

,means slidingly receivingKA the ends jof'the' e combinationvl with ja' nature. .1

and a globe' to it at oneend within saidV collar and of less diameter than-' such end. at ai point enci cled by the Vcol-lar,

-of a holder of spring In( terial bent 'toforin acoil and provided at its l-en'ds with 'termi-ff nals projecting outwardlythrough the collar and between its ends with an arm projecting outwardly through the collar, vandloop fitting loosely around l y `both vendsfoftheJcoil-j between said terminals. f

5. The combination` witha lightfixture5 provided with a` ycollarand set screws mount.- ed radially therein, of a collar to tit within the firstnamed collar' and adapted to be `clamped therein by said set screws, of. a, the collar` and be caused thereby -to e'ect `holder consisting of a piece of resilient mathe expansion of the coil. 10 terial bent to form a coil With overlapping In' testimony whereof I aiix my signature, ends and provided at the extremities of said in the presence of two witnesses.

5 overlapped ends With terminals extending JOSEPH E. MARTIN. convergingly outward throu h the collar at Witnesses:

suitable distanceapart an adapted when HELEN C. RODGERS,

pressed toward each other'to bear against FRANK R. GLOVE. 

